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Intel is laying off over 15,000 employees and will stop ‘non-essential work’ (www.theverge.com)
submitted 3 months ago by Eezyville@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
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So they got all that money from Uncle Sam's CHIPS Act only to lay off 10,000 employees and make themselves "lean". Govt funded unemployment.

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[–] M500@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They sold fairy high end processors. They took like 3 months to fix the issue. Processors that were damaged will remain damaged. I think Intel will replace them though.

[–] SoJB@lemmy.ml 45 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

This saga has moved fast so I don’t blame you, just an FYI Intel has issued a statement saying the microcode update “will” fix all affected CPUs (it won’t, because the damage is physical) and will not be issuing a recall.

We are witnessing one of the more obvious end-game states of capitalism. Intel continues to state they don’t give a single shit about this issue, and will not do anything about it.

The corporate nihilism will continue until the collapse. More and more companies will act like this because why does anything matter when we can profit more today?

[–] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

What’s the alternative to Intel for a home PC? After getting caught up on this, I won’t be ever buying one again.

[–] jodanlime@midwest.social 23 points 3 months ago (2 children)

AMD. Maybe Qualcomm in the near future. AMD Ryzen chips are pretty damn good.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh man I would love a Snapdragon 8 Gen3 USFF or STB.

[–] jodanlime@midwest.social 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I want an arm laptop for work. I almost always use web apps or SSH or RDP. I don't need or want a lot of power in my laptop, but fanless and big battery life sounds great.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

You essentially just described a Chromebook...

I get it. I want a Chromebook too. Just not one that has anything to do with Google.

Gimme a "Chromebook" that runs an atomic Linux distro out of the box.

[–] jodanlime@midwest.social 1 points 3 months ago

Non-standard keyboard layouts. Custom kernels. Nah, I tried to rock a Chromebook but it sucks. What I really want is for arm or riscV to grow the fuck up and make an open pc platform. x86 wasn't meant to be open from the beginning, but market forces and other reasons forced it open. We need the same thing for other architectures.

[–] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 months ago

Good to know. Probably have another four years on my PC before it heads out to pasture.